Pensions Conference Spring 2015 Don’t Forget DB! Thursday 5 March 2015, 8.30 – 11.30am 200 St Vincent Street, Glasgow With the pensions industry currently talking about auto-enrolment, guidance guarantees, fund charges, defined contribution (DC) governance and all the new pensions flexibilities due to be introduced from April, there is a risk that defined benefit (DB) pension schemes take a back seat. At TDC, we are reminding trustees and sponsoring employers not to forget about DB schemes and urging them to tackle the big issues of scheme funding, investment strategy, PPF levies and transfer values. Once again, we are pleased to be joined by leading pension professionals as guest speakers. The Glasgow conference will include presentations from Steve Barker of Barker Tatham, Stephen Richards of Longevitas and Steve Patterson of Intelligent Pensions. TDC will also present updated statistics from DB50, our innovative analysis of the administration, actuarial and governance aspects of DB pension schemes. TDC Pensions Conference, Glasgow, 5 March 2015 Thomson Dickson Consulting’s Pensions Conference in Glasgow is being held on Thursday 5 March 2015 at 200 St Vincent Street, from 8.30am to 11.30am. Our conferences are most suitable for Trustees, Finance Directors, HR Managers and other pensions advisers and are free of charge. If you or any of your colleagues are interested in attending, please register online in the Events section of our web site, www.tdcllp.com, or contact Ashley Morrison at [email protected]. Guest speakers at our Glasgow conference Steve Barker, Barker Tatham Steve co-founded Croydon based Barker Tatham Investment Consultants in 2011 to provide strategic investment advice for small and medium sized UK pension schemes. Prior to this he managed investment consultancy practices at Gissings, SBJ and JLT. He is a qualified actuary and an ex fund manager, with 23 years’ pensions and investments experience. Dr Stephen Richards, Longevitas Stephen is the Managing Director of Longevitas, an Edinburgh based company specialising in longevity risk. Prior to founding Longevitas, Stephen worked for Prudential, Standard Life and Scottish Provident. He qualified as an actuary in 1994, and both his degrees are from Heriot-Watt University, where he is an honorary research fellow. Steve Patterson, Intelligent Pensions Having established his own IFA business in 1984, Steve launched Glasgow based Intelligent Pensions in 1998 to provide flexible bespoke retirement solutions for high net worth customers. Through its low cost SIPP facility and its use of award winning client analysis software systems, the company now manages over 1,000 pension drawdown portfolios. About Thomson Dickson Consulting Thomson Dickson Consulting is an independent firm of actuaries and pensions consultants providing scheme administration, actuarial and governance services to employers and trustees of occupational pension schemes. 45 West Nile Street, Glasgow, G1 2PT t: +44 (0)141 285 1585 www.tdcllp.com